If You Steal Gas From A Cop Car And Post It On Facebook...

Another Thursday morning, and another story of idiocy played out on the public. The most public of stages, of course: Facebook.

It’s probably not a good idea to siphon gas from anyone’s car. Not only is it a crime, but it’s also just a crappy thing to do to somebody. But let’s say you’re going to steal some gas. In that case, it’s probably not a good idea to steal it from a police officer. Ok, I understand if you have to steal it from a cop. But if you do, I would strongly advise against putting a photo of the act on Facebook.

I’ll take a pause for your inevitable facepalm.

According to The Smoking Gun, 20-year-old Michael Baker is facing charges after he stole gas from a Jenkins, Kentucky police car. The evidence for the crime was found on his Facebook page. The official complaint reads as follows:

The above defendant unlawfully: Committed the offense of Theft by Unlawful Taking

“We was just standing there and thought it would be funny to take a picture and then post it on Facebook,” he said. “I mean, if we was going to steal gas, we wouldn’t put it nationwide on Facebook. We don’t steal anyway, but we’re sorry. I got a little bit of gas, I ain’t gonna lie, but not much. I couldn’t get much. I tried, but there wasn’t much in it.”

The photo has been deleted from Facebook, but will live on thanks to some screencaps (as you can see above). But Baker is still talking about the arrest, saying he just got out of jail on Tuesday.

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"Yea lol I went to jail over Facebook," he says in the comments. "Yea lol u would just have to seen it it was funny as hell tho."